Friday, December 17, 2010

Sewing Final Project

In our sewing class we learned how to do many different things on the sewing machine (seams, finishings, pockets, a collar, and more). For our final project, we went to a vintage boutique and bought items to change for a final fashion photo shoot. All of the fashion classes participated in this and were assigned either 60's or Hippie Chic. We got 60's and here are our before pictures:

Mine - a little girl's dress

...and a huge, plain black dress

Kristen - a really huge shapeless dress

Keep on reading to see the amazing results!!

Mine - The neck was way too tight so I turned it into a collar and added some decorative buttons. The dress actually fit me really well, so I didn't need to mess with that. To make it more interesting, I used the black fabric at an angle to lengthen the dress.
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Kristen - she took the sleeves off and sewed them together to make a scarf. Then she shaped the sleeve holes and finished them off. She replaced those ridiculous buttons, took in the sides, and added elastic to the waist to make it fit better. Finally, due to an accident with the overlock machine that resulted in a hole in bottom part (the DAY BEFORE the shoot O_o), Kristen had to change her plans and sew the pleats together and add more fabric to the bottom to make it long enough.
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The fashion shoot was so much fun! We got to see everyone's final product and they turned out so well! There were about 60 of us in total, and I was number 5. We were instructed to walk out and do 6 poses (3 with the chair, 3 without) and walk out to the front of the audience to do a final pose and walk off. The shoot took place in a little church right next door to our school and it was completely full, people were even standing in the back. I was so nervous, my legs were shaking so bad during my turn. But I had a blast!!! And I think all of our pictures turned out so well :)


My pictures from the shoot on Picasa:

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The photo shoot pictures of everyone can be found here.

Now it's time for me to go out and play in the snow!!!
Caitlin
     

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